Danaphos
Danaphos is an oceanic ray-finned fish genus which belongs in the family Sternoptychidae. A common name is bottlelights.
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Subfamily: | Maurolicinae |
Genus: | Danaphos Bruun, 1931 |
Species
There are currently two recognized species in this genus:[1][2]
Fossils of bottlelights show that the genus was already distinct in the Late Eocene, more than 35 million years ago.[3]
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References
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Danaphos in FishBase. February 2012 version.
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) (2004): TSN 162231 β Danaphos. Retrieved 2009-OCT-02
- Sepkoski, Jack (2002): [Danaphos]. In: A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 364: 560. HTML database excerpt
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